Emoticons, kaomoji and text symbols
Emoticons are faces made from keyboard characters, the ancestors of emojis. Here are the classics, cute Japanese kaomoji, cat emoticons, and text symbols like ♥ ★ → that work anywhere.
Kaomoji and emoticons to copy
Text symbols: hearts, stars and arrows
Emoticons and their matching emoji
| Emoticon | Emoji |
|---|---|
| :D | 😄 Smile |
| xD | 😆 Laughing Face (Grinning Squinting) |
| :'D | 🤣 Rolling on the Floor Laughing |
| :') | 😂 Face with Tears of Joy (Cry Laugh) |
| :) | 🙂 Slightly Smiling Face |
| ;) | 😉 Wink |
| :> | 😊 Blush |
| o:) | 😇 Smiling Face with Halo |
| :x | 😘 Kiss |
| :* | 😚 Kissing Face with Closed Eyes |
| :p | 😛 Face with Tongue |
| ;p | 😜 Winking Face with Tongue |
| xp | 😝 Squinting Face with Tongue |
| :l | 🤔 Thinking Face |
| :z | 🤐 Zipper-Mouth Face |
| :| | 😐 Neutral Face |
| :# | 😶 Face Without Mouth |
| :j | 😏 Smirk |
| :? | 😒 Unamused Face |
| 8D | 😬 Grimacing Face |
| %( | 🤢 Nauseated Face |
| :& | 🥴 Woozy Face |
| xo | 😵 Dead Face |
| 8) | 😎 Sunglasses Face |
| :B | 🤓 Nerd Face |
| :/ | 😕 Confused Face |
| :( | ☹️ Frowning Face |
| :o | 😲 Astonished Face |
| :$ | 😳 Flushed Face |
| :s | 😧 Anguished Face |
| :'( | 😢 Crying Face |
| :'o | 😭 Loudly Crying Face |
| Dx | 😱 Face Screaming in Fear |
| x( | 😖 Confounded Face |
| :< | 😓 Downcast Face with Sweat |
| D: | 😩 Weary Face |
| :c | 😫 Tired Face |
| >:/ | 😡 Enraged Face |
| :@ | 🤬 Face with Symbols on Mouth |
| >:) | 😈 Devil |
| >:( | 👿 Angry Face with Horns |
| >0) | 👹 Ogre |
| :3 | 😽 Kissing Cat |
| </3 | 💔 Broken Heart |
| <3 | ❤️ Red Heart |
| \m/ | 🤘 Sign of the Horns |
| :{> | 🧙♂️ Man Mage |
| :E | 🧛 Vampire |
| 8# | 🧟 Zombie |
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between an emoticon and an emoji?
An emoticon is typed with keyboard characters, like :) or <3. An emoji is a picture with its own Unicode code, like 🙂 or ❤️. Many apps turn some emoticons into emojis automatically.
What is a kaomoji?
A Japanese-style emoticon you read straight on, without tilting your head, like (◕‿◕) or ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.